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Credit Crunch has Deep Impact on Holiday Shopping

The impact of the credit crunch is already rearing its ugly head as far as holiday shopping is concerned, because projected consumer spending online is remaining steady at $100 to $250 dollars on average. According to the eBillme Online Spending Index, a quarterly survey that is designed to examine online spending by consumers, the credit [...]

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There is Still Money Available for Lending

There is still money available to be lent out, but in order to get it, people buying homes and businesses must have good credit or plenty of equity. Despite all of the talk surrounding the credit market which is supposedly completely frozen, it is still possible for consumers to pick up big ticket loans all [...]

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Credit Crunch Pushes Consumers to Overcome Debt

There are many consumers out there that want to get out of debt and become homeowners, either for the first time, or once again. But before these people can qualify for the lending that they need, they absolutely must find ways to raise their credit scores. In order to raise a credit score, these consumers [...]

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What Consumers Can Learn From the Bank Crisis

The financial turmoil that our economy is currently experiencing is regarded as an unprecedented level of turmoil. According to a United States Historian named Steph Friesier, “The time of wielding wealth is over.” What many people do not realize is that there is a lot that consumers can take away from this bank crisis that [...]

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EU Leaders are Lending Their Endorsement to a Continent-Wide Bailout Plan

EU leaders have recently endorsed a Euro 1.7 trillion dollar ($2.3 trillion) continent-wide emergency bailout plan for the banking industry during summit talks that occurred on Wednesday, then turned their debate to other measures that would prevent global financial crisis from completely stalling the entire continent’s economy. Numerous EU officials and diplomats including Polish Finance [...]

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Virgin Money Urges Small Business Owners to Show Off Their “Ask”.

Beginning on October 15, Virgin Money is inviting small business owners to show Virgin Money how they have asked for money from friends or family in “Show us your Ask!”. This fun and rather quirky content involves submitting a video that shows the most creative possible ways to ask for money.
How did you ask for [...]

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Recession Proofing Your Life

Right now there is a lot of talk about a recession. The financial buzzword that is out there this month is “Recession” and for good reason. It has become increasingly vital that as American citizens, we begin to understand how we can properly safeguard ourselves against the risk of a potential downturn in the economy. [...]

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The Lending Club Offers New Alternative for Consumer Credit Following $600 Million SEC Registration

Back in April of this year, the Lending Club announced that it would be going into a quiet period due to the beginning of a registration process involving the SEC, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Now the Lending Club is pleased to announce that the process has been completed, and now the Lending [...]

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Was the Bailout Too Costly?

According to numerous sources at this point, the recent bill to bail out the financial sector was simply too costly, and failed to adequately address the true housing crisis. Many people have opposed the bailout bill because it is failing to do anything to help unemployed workers and homeowners.
According to Senator Debbie Stabenow, “I absolutely [...]

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Current State of the Economic Bailout Plan

Insiders on the economy have mixed ideas on the impact that the economic bailout plan will have on the country. A federal bailout package may significantly boost the psyche of consumers and make banks more willing to extend credit, which could significantly improve the struggling economy across the nation. Unfortunately, it could also send a [...]

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Bailout Defeated - What That Really Means

The big news this week was the defeated bailout plan and the stock market immediately answered by dropping more than 700 points. As investors quake and consumers wonder just how safe their money is, this is a good time to look at the bailout and what the failure really means to the rest of [...]

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